Electric table lamp



D. F. ILLlAN ELECTRIC TABLE LAMP Filed April 7, 1939 9 a I n l 9 1/ *1 a 1 5 5 1k 5 W H .6, i I36. 9 .9 m a INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY;

Patented June 11, 1 940 r I UNITED STATES PATENgT e OFF-ICE I I 2,204,362 g -21 a U v ELECTRIC TABLE LAMP h Douglas F. Illian, Evans't'onp lll'. I i V v Application April-*7, 1939, serials". 266,550. l

' 3Claims. (argue-ti) I, i

The present invention relates to electrically vflected and preferablyboth; from thelight bulbl.

lighted lamps-in general and. particularly to an It. is upon the upper plate I,- which like the electric table lamp. More specifically theinvenlower plate 8 is preferably made'of aimaterial tion comprises an electric lamp provided with a adapted-to take a fine finish such as wood, or a 5;. multiplicity of light-radiating surfaces at a di.s-' resin, that. the socket 2 in fact seats directly. 5 Z

tance from the main source of light and'includ- A pipe I lfconnects fixedly to the bottom of the ing light-conducting elements which function socket'and extends downwardly thru plates 1 as the supporting legs of the lamp. and 8- to have its lower screw-threaded extremity; It is an object of the invention to provide a secured, by a nutl.2, on the underside of plate 5 r 10 new and novel electrically lighted lamp. Another 8. The openings 13 in the plates 1 and 8 thru 10 object of the invention is to provide a lamp in which the conduit ll extend are counterbored which a principal light source provides light rays at their adjacent ends and a rigid appearance which are conducted internally of the lamp strucconduit M which encloses the pipe I l seats thereture to be emitted at spaced points. Still another in. The effect of tightening the nut I2 is ob- 15 object of the invention is to provide a lamp in viously to draw the socket 2 against the upper 15 which light rays are emitted from spaced surplate 'I and the-plates l and 8 against the ends faces around the base of the lamp. A still furof the rigid conduit M to provide a rigid structher object of the invention isto provide a table ture.

lamp in which an electric light forms the main The pipe H provides a suitable channel for the light source and in which light rays from said current-conductor l5 which passes upwardly 20 electric light are conducted thru light-conducttherethru from the underside of plate 8 to be ing supporting legs to be dischargedat an angle connected to the electrical connections provided to their original directions. These and other internally of the socket 2 which may be of any more specific objects will be apparent from readwell-known type.

ing the following specification and claims and A lamp shade H is mounted in the usual rela- 25 upon considering in connection therewith the attionship to the bulb l by a divided supporting tached drawing to which they relate. standard IB which is clamped between the socket Referring to the drawing in which a preferred 2 and the plate 7 at its lower end and which embodiment of the invention is illustrated, and seats the shade directly above the light bulb, the

in which the same reference character refers to usual decorative clamping nut It being used as 39 a the same part of the various views: manually operable retaining means,

Figure l is a side elevation of the lamp 0011- As in the common lamp the electric bulb is sup structed in accordance with the present inven ported ata height above the supporting surface tion; and v and within a suitable shade having greater or Figure 2 is a vertical section upon the line lesser transparency. In the lamp constructed 35 2--2 of Figure 1; and p in accordance with the present invention, how- Figure 3 is a transverse horizontal section ever, the supporting le e t or legs 5 are h upon the line 3-3 of Figure l. acterized by their light-conducting qualities and In the lamp constructed in accordance with are so arranged that they face the light bulb l at 40 the present invention an electric light bulb I is o of their ends in each instance, so as to re- 40' remo bly Securcd in' a Well known manner in ceive light from the source, and at their opposite its sock t 2 emb dy s u -q 9 ns means ends are directed as to emit light rays at an angle the manually depresslble e f P1115 of Whlch to their direction at entrance. As the legs are are i e at Socket 2 1S ca rned by base curved and rounded at their lower extremities to 5 COmPmmg mummy Supportmg legs each provide suitable rests necessarily the entrained havmgan out"turged eitremlty and g light must travel the curves In the normal jor portion exten ed ver ical y thru openings h ht-conduc in me rum 1 h r t a in upper and plates 1 fl g z ig st raight line: bit th rays in; bi ieni 1: de

0 he ase.Thlesar suialsecure o e f t b e g e y scribed in the instant invention. This result is 50 plates as by pins, nails or screws 9, or reliance may be placed entirely upon f i ti or the presbest accomplished by making the legs solid and ence of glue, etc., the exact retaining means not. of methyl-methacrylatebeing of the essence of the invention. It is im- The material of l 5 y e n ed t0 portant, however, that the upper ends of the legs various colors as to give off light of any desired 5 be exposed to light rays, either direct or reshade at the leg extremities. While most of the 55 light which is given off at the outer extremities of the legs 5 will have come directly to the legs from the light bulb I a part thereof at least will be light reflected by the bulb-enclosing shade 11.

Instead of tinting the .legs 5 of the lamp to various colors in order to give oiT light of a desired shade at their lower ends the legs themselves may be uncolored and there may be provided a colored disc or filter at the end of the leg adjacent the light source. In Figure 2 a disc or filter 2i is illustrated at the upper end of one of the legs 5. If desired such filters can be provided on all the legs in the same color, in different colors, or may be omitted entirely.

I claim:

1. In an electric lamp comprising an electric light source and a base supporting said source, said base including a plurality of supporting elements each having an end exposed to said source and having the characteristic of transmitting and bending light without emitting same between its ends, the ends of said elements spaced from said source facing outwardly to emit light received from said source, spaced horizontal elements spacing said supporting elements, a conductor conduit extended between said horizontal elements, a connection at the upper end of said conduit to seat removably said light source, a current conductor extended upwardly thru said conduit to said connection, and a shade encloselements being spaced from said light source to emit colored light.

3. An electric lamp comprising an electric light radiating source and a base supporting said source above a supporting surface, said base including a plurality of supporting legs arranged in a circle and exposed at their upper ends to light rays from said source, said legs being formed of a material having the characteristic of transmitting light from one of its ends to the other without emitting light between said ends, the lower portions of said legs being turned outwardly and upwardly to form surface-contacting feet, and the lower ends of said legs being directed outwardly to provide a plurality of spaced secondary sources of light at the base of said lamp.

DOUGLAS F. ILLIAN. 

